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United Houma Nation awarded $56M to combat climate change and improve coast
HOUMA, La. — Louisiana's largest Indigenous tribe, the United Houma Nation, was awarded $56.5 million in federal grant funding to implement parts of a five-phase plan to deal with climate change and make the state's coast more resilient. United Houma Nation was awarded as part of "$59.8 million total...
Unrestrained driver killed in I-10 crash
Louisiana State Police Troop D are investigating a Friday night two-vehicle fatality crash on Interstate 10 that claimed the life of 58-year-old Andrew Gonsalves. Trooper Sgt. Ross Brennan said the crash happened at 8 p.m. just east of La. 109. Brennan said Gonsalves was traveling east on I-10 while driving a 2000 Lexus ES. At […]
Bark beetles threaten homes and lives in the Ark La Miss area
WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE / KARD)–Louisiana residents are facing a major public safety concern: lots of dead pine trees caused by last summer’s drought and hungry beetles. Home owners are reaching out to lawmakers for guidance and financial help to remove trees from their yards. Laura Sims is an assistant professor for forest health at […]
Policy changes in voting law, education, and juvenile code underscored by state reps
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS)—A group of Louisiana lawmakers wants people to be aware of the decisions being made in Baton Rouge. On Thursday, they held a public meeting at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum to inform their constituents and lay out the changes people can expect. “There will be some...
Soupçon: Louisiana Food News for August
Every hot and sticky summer, as we diligently follow dispatches from the National Hurricane Center and change our sweaty shirts just so the 95 degree weather can soak through another one, there is one silver lining, and thankfully it can be found at a number of culinary institutions across the city. It’s COOLinary New Orleans, the summer tradition for which participating restaurants rollout specially priced, prix-fixe menus for two-course lunches and three-course dinners and brunches. Now’s the perfect time to sample a curated menu from the dozens of inventive and classic restaurants that make New Orleans a dining destination. Sit back, order a (frozen) drink or two, and take your taste buds on a tour of the city’s comestible culture. Celebrating twenty years this year, COOLinary organizers have extended the deliciousness for an additional two weeks, lasting from August 1–September 15. neworleans.com/coolinary.
Bipartisan bill governing offshore energy leases could benefit Louisiana
(The Center Square) – A bill moving through the lame-duck session in Congress could open the way for offshore leases for both oil and gas, and wind power, along with curbs on judicial oversight. The Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 is sponsored by Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the ranking member. The measure was introduced on Monday and will...
Tulane University awarded nearly $2 million for Southwest Louisiana and Central Acadiana resilience project
Tulane University has been awarded almost $2 million to lead a collaborative team working to make communities in Southwest Louisiana and Central Acadiana more resilient against climate-related disasters, including hurricanes, wildfires and other severe weather events. This funding was recently announced by Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo as part of...
Kennedy files for ballot access in Louisiana
Special to the American Press The Kennedy campaign today announced it has submitted the required fee and forms to gain ballot access in Louisiana. The campaign paid the required $500 fee and submitted its elector Notices of Candidacy and Affidavits of Acceptance of Nomination. “We are thrilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Nicole Shanahan will be on […]
Louisiana Stomach ‘Bug’ Might Be Something More Sinister
It's summertime and all over Louisiana from Monroe and Ruston in the north to Lake Charles and Lafayette in the south emergency departments at hospitals and walk-in clinics too are full of people all complaining about a similar symptom. This scenario has many health officials concerned because the spike in "stomach bugs" appears to be related to a more serious medical malady.
Louisiana Republican chair at RNC wins praise from other delegates
Eric Skrmetta was still buzzing about the Republican National Convention a week after he had returned home to Metairie. Skrmetta, a third-term member of the Public Service Commission, chaired the Louisiana delegation at the convention. That meant it fell to him to fill the time-honored role at political party conventions...
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